• XxFemboy_Stalin_420_69xX [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    in the popular western imagination the atom bomb totally absolved japan of its long history of crimes against humanity and transformed it into a model western country

    westerners and finding ways to ignore the depravities of their allies, name a better duo

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      In the same way the the Jewish holocaust absolved Israel, in perpetuity, for the 70 years and going, genocide to the Palestinian people.

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        What can I say, we love our narratives wherein an Original Sin is absolved through sacrifice. I wonder where that comes from?